Agenda - Icomes 2007

AGENDA - ICOMES 2007 Brussels, Belgium -March 17 & 18, 2007 Sheraton Hotel Place Rogier 3-1210 Brussels

March 16, 2007-Friday Arrival in Brussels

March 17, 2007-Saturday

9:00a.m. Breakfast Buffet

10:00a.m. Official welcome of attendees ICOMES by ASME Europe

Opening Remarks by: Prof. Yvan Baudoin, on behalf of the President of the Belgian Society of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering (BSMEE), Dr. Terry Shoup, President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Mr. Alec Osborn, President of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (ImechE)

10:15a.m. Delegates introduce themselves

10:30a.m. Session I: Societal Issues: Leader-Dr. Colin Brown, ImechE Director-Engineering

 Environmental Issues Mr. Ian Arbon, ImechE Sustainable Transport

 Energy Resources and Mr. Brian Robinson, ImechE Power Generation Technical Manager, Sustainable Energy

Discussion

11:30a.m. Break

11:45a.m. Session II: Growth Areas: Leader-Prof. Yvan Baudoin, BSMEE

 Mechatronics Dr. Chris Decubber (AGORIA),

 Bio-Manufacturing Technology In China Dr. Peifan Ding (CMES)

Discussion

1245 hrs. Lunch Page Two

March 17, 2007-Saturday

1345 hrs Depart by bus for Cinquantenaire area

1415 hrs Visit Maison Cauchie www.brusselslife.be/E/article.php@serial=272

1515 hrs Depart by bus for Musee Van Buuren and sightseeing

1615 hrs Visit Musee Van Buuren (art deco) www.museumvanbuuren.com/gb/index_gb.htm

1715 hrs Return to Sheraton

1900 hrs ICOMES Cocktail Reception Free Evening

March 18, 2007-Sunday

9:00a.m. Breakfast Buffet

9:45a.m. Session III Relationship Building: Leader – Dr. Nobuhide Kasagi, JSME

 JSME’s Challenge Toward Relationship Building Dr. Nobuhide Kasagi, President, JSME

 ME Societies & government Dr. Terry E. Shoup, ASME

 EIIL Survey/Conference Mr. Steven Price, Executive Director, EIIL

Discussion

11:00a.m. Coffee Break

11:15a.m. Session IV: The Profession: Leader - Dr. Moustafa Chaaban, Egyptian Society of Engineers

 Engineering Ethics Dr. Moustafa Chaaban,

 Accreditation of Higher Education Mr. Ren Hongbin, CMES of Mechanical Engineers

 Ideas on resource savings in Mr. Ren Hongbin, CMES Manufacturing in China

Discussion

Page Three

12:20 hrs Presentations/Discussions Leader – Terry E. Shoup

-Presentation: 10th International Conference “Tribotecnics in Theory and Practice” Dr. Pavel Spondr, Owner-SPONDR CMS Ltd.-Brno Dr. Vladimir Talasek-Czech Society

-Presentation: First Eureka International Symposium on Environmental Testing Engineering (ETE’2007) Professor Y. Baudoin, Belgian Society

-ICOMES future Svend Larsen, Danish Society

Discussion

1245 hrs Lunch

1345 hrs Transportation from Hotel to Royal Military Academy

14:15 hrs Welcome at RMA – Missions and Research (Col. BAM Jean MARSIA)

15:00H Technical visit of the RMA Labs

16:30H BSMEE Cocktails at VIP/RMA

17:30H Return to Hotel

1900 hrs Dinner: Metropole Hotel 31 Place de Brouckere, B 1000 Brussels, Belgium